In Molondin (State of Vaud), the Agropôle has been developing its new campus to further innovation in food and agriculture. This week, they unveiled their goals and targets for 2025.

Build an internationally renowned innovation campus by 2025

Their objectives are clear: start-ups, SMEs and industries must be able to find in the Agropôle an accelerator, enabling them to create, implement and disseminate their innovations with agility and at a lower cost. All this for the benefit of the environment, the economy and consumers. 

Currently under development with completion date set for 2025, the new concept is positioning itself as a Swiss campus of excellence in the industrialisation and marketing of innovative agri-food products. A role it plays in pursuing the United Nations’ objectives for sustainable development :

SDG Target 9: Society Democratize Solutions 
The role of the Agropôle is to democratize the sustainable solutions of tomorrow, all for the benefit of the actors in the agri-food value chain and consumers.

SDG Target 13: Climate Carbon Footprint
The agri-food sector has a major impact in terms of CO2 reduction. The Agropôle site is designed to meet greenhouse gas reduction standards.

SDG Target 8: Economic Growth
The Agropôle platform is an accelerator for the development of cleantech solutions useful to the agri-food industry, to promote sustainable business models.

SDG Target 17: Community Development
The Agropôle works in collaboration with existing actors, whether public, private, research-related or entrepreneurial, in Switzerland and abroad.

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Plastogaz is a technology company founded in 2020 that focuses on the development of new processes for the circular economy. Awarded CHF 85’000 by Tech4impact to further its research, the swiss startup is developing a technology that has the potential to considerably reduce the greenhouse gases resulting from the disposal of plastic waste (e.g. through incineration). 

Almost 100 project teams responded to the first call for proposals launched by Switzerland Innovation together with Tech4Impact and partners from the Swiss economy. Six projects were selected based on their degree of innovation, sustainability and technology. The topics addressed by the award-winning projects range from reducing water consumption to renewable heat generation and the improved usability of electronic waste. 

The Plastogaz™ process

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Tech4Impact: A Boost for Innovation Projects

The Switzerland Innovation Tech4Impact initiative aims to help pioneering innovation projects addressing one of six selected UN Sustainable Development Goals achieve a breakthrough. In order to qualify for a subsidy, the proposed project must be based on an advanced technology that will reach maturity and application within the next three years.

The award-winning project teams are to receive a CHF 85,000 grant. The funds are designed to give the innovation projects a considerable boost, make them ready for market launch or allow them to embark on further development. The subsidies are financed by the following innovation partners: ABB, Credit Suisse, Die Mobiliar, economiesuisse, Interpharma, Schindler, Swiss Re Foundation, Swisscom, UBS and Zurich Insurance.

More information is available at: www.sitech4impact.ch

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